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Chaulet, G., 1899. Supplément. Nuku Hiva; Archives of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary, Rome, p. 71. Father Chaulet had lived for 53 years on the Marquesas Islands until his death. He worked on documents collected by other missionaries and had exchanges with many researchers. He found that: 'Nowadays, tapus being things of the past on the islands … ', and he specified: 'it is well known that woman is an impure being on account of her menses'. Similarly, he noted: 'Besides, they are as scared as can be of women's belts' (

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